Morris tribune., 1887-10-19
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.
Special October Session.
FIRST DAY-Oct. Is, 1887.

The Board of Commissioners OF
Stevens county, state of Minnesota,
met at the auditors office in said
county on Saturday Oct. 10, A. ID.
1887 in pursuance of call.
All the members present, and the
county auditor, ex-officio clerk of the
board.
A sidewalk notice, dated Sept. %,
1887, from the comm on council of the
village of Morris to the Board Of
Comfy Com missioners, ordering
sidewalk in front of lot I. block y
County property, in said village,
was laid on the table.
A petition for county road, from
the south east corner of section "a
town 125, range u, said petition be-
ing signed by Ole J. Falk, Bernard
Bruins, \. 3. Williams, L. c. Van
Horn, and twemty-three (23) others,
was laid before the board, and said
board being satisfied that notice 10y
posting at least thirty days before
this present session, as required 10y
law, had been given, appointed
committee to examine said proposed
location consisting of the full board.
petition and appointment on tile.)
said committee, it was further agreed
to meet on the 5th day of November,
1887, at the house of L. d. Perkins,
in the town of Swan Lake, at II
O'Clock NJ.
The application OF Henry G. Men
age for the purchase Of sw14 section
81 town 125, range Il, for:rerly Woods
addition to Hancock, which said
tract has become the absolute proper
ty al the state 10y reason of the ex-
piu,iion Of The time fer redemption
from taX-judgment sale Of loSI, I'M
der the provisions of section lOl
General Tax Law, was laid on the
table.
On motion the board took recess
till o'clock P. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Board met at 2 o'clock, P. NJ. Same
members present as at morning
session.
In the matter of petition for a
county road from the south east cor
ner of section town 123, range IS.
TO north east:corner of section 8 town
124, range 43, presented July 25, 1887,
the committee appointed to eXamlne
said proposed location reported and
recommended that the prayer in said
petition be not allowed. The report
ofsaid committee ION file) was ac-
cepted and adopted.
Upon motion it Twas ordered that
the county attorney be requested to
incorporate in the contract between
the county physician and the board of
commissioners a clause giving said
county physician the right to lay be-
fore said board all matters of extra
ordinary expenditure in the surgical
and medical treatment of the county
poor for such action by said board as
they shall deem just aud proper.
errne matter of petition foH a
county road from the ne14 section 3,
town 126, range Al, to section 30,
town 1875, range 43, the prayer in
which said petition was allowed al
the preceding July regularl session
ofthis board, the committee appoin-
ted to examine said location make
further report, accom- panied by the
certified plat of road, By D. t. Whea-
ton. surveyor, ION file) The board
proceeded to assess damages to own
0rs of lands over which said road
passes, as follows,it being the opinion
ofthe board that in all other cases
the damages and utility of said road
are equal:
Herman Zahl, ne14, sec 20 1891 Al ..S75.0O
Franz Dohmstreich, sex sec 20 t 126, Al. $500
;Final,order Oh tile.)
The application of Engel Ahrens,
by Joseph Schultz, her agent, for
correction of assessment on ne14, sec
So, town 126, range AZ, was laid over
for further particulars as to the
grounds for such application. :.
The report of the county auditor as
to the condition of the contingent
fund, with accompanying vouchers,
showing at this date a balance on
hand of six and 7-100 dollars 5000
was presented and accepted by the
board, and further appropriation of
one hundred dollars $1,000 to said
contingent fund was made.
The following claims, audited and
reported from the finance committee,
were allowed: